How many miles are on your Intrigue?

[Timmefai]

Ive got 133k on my 99, Trans rebuilt at 125K. $3000! it was trashed, and no they didnt kiss me first! Other then that and a few small things its been great, I drive about 250 miles a day and it still flys like the wind!

[goaceman]

Car is up to 148Kmiles+, last oil change the A/C wasn't cooling as before, the dealer refilled it and put dye in it-but no leaks found. They said bring it back in a few weeks, well I brought it back 2 months later because the A/C works great since refilling, BUT it takes about 10 minutes for the ambient temp to get comfortable here in AZ. Used to take 5 minutes. But after 15 minutes it is freezing.

Anyway, I took Friday for the oil change and check it the A/C they said there is a small leak in the compressor ~$1,900.00!!! Also, they say I have another small leak on the Power Steering. I'm gonna shop around the services and parts somewhere other than the dealer.

Btw, I've always taking my car to the dealer-yes I pay little more but I'm almost sure they use genuine parts and they know how to service their own cars better than most generic car shops. Probably why its been running great. I drive about 75 miles per day so that adds up. Its been a great car-and still is.

Originally Posted by paulkramer

Oh my goodness, how lucky you are! And you live in AZ!! My '98 with 150,000 has had the A/C compressor clutch bearing replaced twice now - once every three years. The rest of the system works fine; they always try to sell me a completely new system - or at least a completely new compressor (approx. $1000) but have found a small shop that will do the job for $200 - including the bearing.

[sn01]

2002 gls 121700km just changed the air injection pump 600$

[chuck1985]

I have 88,000 on my 2000 Intrigue GX. Purchased 6 months ago with 84k on the clock. I have recently put in the famous crankshaft sensor and the blower motor resistor. Motor runs great, and tranny shifts smooth though!

[TommySS]

We have a 1998, purchased new. It currently has 215,000 miles. Original drivetrain (3.8 Series II).

One water pump, one idler pulley assembly (that's all it needed other than the usual service items)

[tangylife]

I have over 91K that was purchased 6 months ago with 83k and (knock on wood) no tranny issues....new starter and brakes have been replaced in that time.

[CnfsdIntrgOwnr]

I've got a Plain Jane 2000 w/3.5 and 150K, have not replaced the Tranny yet and have had no problems. A guy I work with has about 50K on his 2001 and has already replaced his though. Trannys like to be driven hard with limited slipping going through the gears, and I tend to drive mine hard.

[RalphMac]

I have 166K on my '99 GL ... the tranny's been rebuilt twice within a year. Good luck.

[caruso81]

You're going to love this....my 99 Intrigue 3.8 has....wait for it....15650 miles. I got it from my "little old lady" Mom last June with 9600 miles. She bought it new in 99.

[Laser17]

just about to roll over to 88k, since that I've gone through 1 Abs module/sensor, I rebuilt the transmission 3 weeks/4000miles ago. It still does the shuttering thing every once in a while, and it leaks oil like theres no tomorrow, i need a quart every time i fill my gas tank wooot....but then again i never have to worry about oil changes, just filter changes.

[boobylortez]

My 2002 GX has 98,000 miles but I've only owned it since June. This was the second Intrigue I've come across that I've discovered through carfax that was born a rental. Has anyone else's car been a rental previously? Are there any common problems to post-rentals? Mine was a rental for about 2 years and had 60,000 miles when it was bought by its second owner.

[spickering]

Originally Posted by cabits

I was wondering how many miles everyone had on thier Ingrigue/ Especialy cars with the 3.5ltr engine and when their trannsmission went.

I have a 1999 Intrigue, 3.5, owned it since 2000 with 15k (previous rental) currently at 152,000. No tranny problems at all.

Have suffered through a couple little problems found on this forum. IT's been a great car, look super inside and out, currently getting 20-23mpg in my commute into Boston each day. I'd buy a new one in a second if they were still made.

another 50k and time for a new Saturn Aura? Buick Lucerne

[phewop118]

I've seen this thread for some time now, but never posted on it. Currently, I'm just about to cross the 50,000 mile mark. I got my 01 GLS back in the middle of Sept. with 44,000 miles on it and it's been great. Now comes the great big service bill - tranny fluid change, coolant change, ac recharge, another oil change (Mobil 1 Synthetic), and any other things I may need. Anyone have a clue how much it would all cost to get done at a dealer? How much could I do myself? I'm hoping to get this car at least through the 5 years of payments, which would probably take me to 200k miles.

[panzer dragoon]

my 2000 intrigue has about 85K on it. Bought used with about 17K in Jan 2001 for $15K. Originally a rental car.

I just replaced the front brake pads with ceramic ones from NAPA $60. --These are good pads with a ton of surface. The original pads are ceramic also. These new ones are even better and they went in super easy and fitted rotors that were ok, but had about 50% wear. The rotors come right off and are simple and cheap to replace also.

For the tranny fluid change. Take the tranny pan off and clean all the mud off of it. Install a new filter and re-use the GM gasket. The GM gasket is very nice. You need to tighten the tranny pan bolts evenly. The torque setting on the tranny pan bolts is about 10 ft lbs or less = I don't remember but it's not much. I tightened it in inch pounds = I thought it was 8 ft pounds = 8 x 12 = 96 inch pounds of torque.

The tranny gasket is sold seperately with the FRAM tranny filter kits.

My dad's car is a 99 with about 150k miles on it. Hasn't changed the tranny fluid yet. Was a rental car with 33k miles on it when he bought it in 2000.

[TXDan101]

We have a 1999 with 157,000 on it. The tranny has been shifting hard at times, but no pattern to when that happens. However, it has used about a gt. of oil every 1500 miles for a long time. No blue smoke and no leaks. It has also been pretty consistant with 27 mpg highway, which is where most it's miles come from.

Our bigger problem now is that the engine suddenly stopped running right, makes terrible noises, and perhaps the timing chain broke. THis just happened, so it's not been into the shop yet.